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Basic Principles of Accounting
Measurement Principles
•Historical Costis generally thought to be a faithful
representation of the amount paid for a given item.
•Fair valueis defined as “the price that would be received
to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the
measurement date.”
IASB has given companies the option to use fair value as the
basis for measurement of financial assets and financial
liabilities.
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